Krasue

Krasue is a nocturnal female spirit of Southeast Asian folklore. It manifests itself as a woman,
usually young and beautiful, with her internal organs hanging down from the neck, trailing below the head.  Long time ago and there is a legend locating Krasue’s origin in Angkorian culture (Cambodian in Angkor period). It tells of a certain Khmer princess becoming the Krasue in centuries past after having been executed by burning. The marriage to a powerful Siamese(Thai) nobleman had been arranged for this Khmer lady following the defeat of her people in war. She was very distressed, however, for she was in love with one of the poor guy, a younger man of a lower status. Eventually she was caught with her lover and the offended Siamese aristocrat sentenced her to death of burning. Shortly before the execution the princess got a Khmer sorceress to cast a magic spell over her to allow her body to be unharmed by the flames. The spell was powerful, but its effect arrived too late, when most of the body of the princess had been burnt except for her head and some of her viscera. Thenceforward the non-charred remains were cursed to continue living as the Krasue ghost. There are other oral traditions that say that this spirit was formerly a rich lady that had a length of black gauze or ribbon tied around the head and neck as protection from the sunshine. This woman was then possessed by an evil spirit and was cursed to become a Krasue. Other popular legends claim that origin of the spirit may have been a woman trying to learn black magic that made a mistake or used the wrong spell so that her head and body became separated. She would be die if someone(other females) get her saliva.

The purpose of Krasue is make people feel enough, don’t greed and fair.